Search Crittenden County Detention Center Inmates

Crittenden County Detention Center Overview

Crittenden County Detention Center is the primary secure jail for Crittenden County, Kentucky. It is operated through the Crittenden County Jailer, and the county directory identifies Jailer Athena Hayes as the local jail official. The jail is the custody point for adults arrested by the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office, Marion Police Department, Kentucky State Police, and other agencies when the arrest is routed to local detention. It can hold pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, Class D and other state prisoners housed locally, parole violators, and federal inmates when reported through the Kentucky Department of Corrections weekly jail data.

The facility is not the same as a state prison. A person newly booked after a Crittenden County arrest should be checked through the jail roster or the jail phone line first. A sentenced state prisoner may appear in Kentucky Online Offender Lookup, often called KOOL, after transfer or state classification. Federal custody can also pass through the local jail before a person appears in the BOP inmate locator. That split matters because one search tool will not cover every inmate record.

The official jail site has separate navigation for inmate search, bonds, allowed property, visitation, deposit money, commissary schedule, mail, phone, PREA, work release, weekend programs, and directions. The located research also found the site's inmate search is JailTracker-provided, but the live Crittenden roster fields were not fully captured in the research browser. Use direct custody confirmation when a roster result is missing, stale, or unclear.

Crittenden County Detention Center Population

The strongest current count is the KDOC weekly jail report dated June 4, 2026. That report lists the secure Crittenden jail with 133 beds and 131 prisoners, or 98 percent of capacity. The same report separates the Crittenden Restricted Custody Center, so the secure jail count should not be mixed with the RCC count unless the text is clearly describing the combined local detention footprint.

The June 4, 2026 secure jail line shows 111 secure male prisoners, 12 secure female prisoners, 2 non-secure male prisoners, and 6 non-secure female prisoners. It also lists 28 Class D inmates, 13 controlled-intake prisoners, 2 parole violators, and 66 federal inmates. Those categories explain why a rural county jail can include people tied to county court, state corrections, and federal custody at the same time.

Lookup Crittenden County Detention Center Inmates

The official route for current local custody is the detention center's inmate search page. Search-result text identifies the roster as JailTracker-provided. If the page fails to load, call the jail at 270-965-3185 before assuming the person is not in custody. Booking and release data can lag, and a person may also be moved to state, federal, or immigration custody after the local booking stage.

1. Open the Crittenden County Detention Center inmate search from the official jail website.
2. Search by the person's name. Use exact spelling first, then try a shorter last-name search if the first result fails.
3. Confirm that the listed facility is the secure jail or another Crittenden County detention unit.
4. Use the profile only as a public custody snapshot. Charges, bond, and release terms may change by court order.
5. If the person is sentenced or transferred, check KOOL, BOP, ICE ODLS, and VINELink as separate systems.

For state prisoners, KOOL can show name, aliases, photo availability, identifiers, facility, and broad offense category. For federal sentences, the BOP locator is the better tool after designation. For immigration custody, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System. VINELink at vinelink.com is useful for custody and court-event notifications where Kentucky data is available.

Crittenden County Detention Center Contact

The jail is in central Marion near the local court and city-center corridor. Visitors should confirm the correct public entrance, current visitor parking, and custody status before travel because official sources did not publish a detailed parking map or transit route. The City of Marion is a small county-seat city, so public transit should not be assumed.

Crittenden Detention Center Visitation

The official jail visitation result states that each inmate receives two free 20-minute onsite visits per week. Crittenden County also uses the ICSolutions The Visitor system for video visitation. Visitors register at no cost to use the video system, then schedule onsite terminal visits or fee-based offsite visits from a supported computer or mobile device.

ICSolutions also references the ICS Mobile app for Android and iOS. The located research did not find a Crittenden County sheriff app for inmate search or warrants. The confirmed app function is video visitation, not an app-only jail roster.

Mail and Money at Crittenden Jail

Official jail mail result text says inmate mail should be addressed to the inmate at 208 W. Carlisle St., Marion, KY 42064. It also states that unapproved inmate-to-inmate mail is not allowed. Use the inmate's full name, and include any roster or booking identifier if one is available. Do not assume a number is mandatory unless the jail's current mail page says so.

The research points to MyCarePack-style public guidance for commissary and deposits, but exact Crittenden fees were not found in extractable official text. Do not rely on a copied fee table from another Kentucky jail. Confirm costs with the jail site or vendor before sending funds.

Crittenden Jail Bond and Release

The official Crittenden County Detention Center bond page result says bonds can be paid Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Circuit Clerk. The Kentucky Court of Justice Crittenden page lists Circuit Court Clerk Melissa Guill at a temporary office location on South Main Street in Marion. The jail can confirm custody and whether a hold blocks release, while the court clerk handles court payment and case paperwork for bonds routed through that office.

Crittenden Jail Programs and Conditions

The detention center's official navigation and search-result text show community-service and inmate-service programming, including work release, weekend programs, road crew, park crew, mowing crew, litter abatement, parenting and family-values programming, anger coping, Moral Reconation Therapy, Relapse Prevention, and NCRC/Work Keys. These programs are not the same as automatic release. Work-release or restricted-custody status depends on eligibility, court orders, jail rules, and payment rules where they apply.

A March 2026 local report said a state staffing analysis presented to Crittenden Fiscal Court found the jail below minimum full-time employee levels recommended by the state. Treat that as reported local context, not as a court finding. A 2025 federal civil-rights docket also listed allegations involving the jail, but an early docket entry is not proof of wrongdoing.